Saturday, September 22, 2012

Wrigley Field Top Ten Moments

I picked up....

....this card over the summer and wrote a post about the entire Wrigley Field Top Ten Moments set. I hadn't seen the set before and it wasn't listed in the Standard Catalog. Without a checklist, I came up with my best guess for the Top Ten Wrigley Moments

....May 2, 1917...double no-hit game....Game 3 of the 1932 World Series...Babe Ruth's "Called Shot"....September 28, 1938...Gabby Hartnett's "Homer in the Gloamin"....May 15, 1960...Don Cardwell becomes the first pitcher in MLB history to throw a no-hitter in his first game for a team....June 29, 1969...Billy Williams Day...he sets the NL record for consecutive games played and goes 5-9 in a doubleheader....September 2, 1972...Milt Pappas' near-perfect game....September 8, 1985...Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with hit #4191....8/8/88...the first night game....May 6, 1998...Kerry Wood's 20 strikeout gameRyne Sandberg Supercollector Tai let me know that he had the set somewhere and he came up with the list of the ten moments. Even better, he said I could have the set (minus the Sandberg card, of course!).Earlier this week the cards arrived and we can see how I did with my guesses. Here's my list again, but this time, the bold items are ones that were included in the set.

....May 2, 1917...double no-hit game....Game 3 of the 1932 World Series...Babe Ruth's "Called Shot"....September 28, 1938...Gabby Hartnett's "Homer in the Gloamin"....May 15, 1960...Don Cardwell becomes the first pitcher in MLB history to throw a no-hitter in his first game for a team....June 29, 1969...Billy Williams Day...he sets the NL record for consecutive games played and goes 5-9 in a doubleheader....September 2, 1972...Milt Pappas' near-perfect game....September 8, 1985...Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with hit #4191....8/8/88...the first night game....May 6, 1998...Kerry Wood's 20 strikeout gameI got seven out of the nine correct (I didn't have to guess the tenth--it was the Ernie Banks card)...yea me!Here are the two I missed....

...Sammy's 60th and 61st homers in 1998

....the Ryne Sandberg game in 1984And here are the other seven in chronological order, starting with the oldest moment.

About Me

I am a life-long Cubs fan currently in exile in southern Michigan. I have been collecting baseball cards since the fateful Cubs year of 1969. I took a 15 year break from the hobby and returned in 2008.